Definitions for piastre
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Princeton's WordNet
piaster, piastre(noun)
a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
kurus, piaster, piastre(noun)
100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
Wiktionary
piastre(Noun)
A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.
piastre(Noun)
A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria.
Origin: From piastra, probably from emplastra.
Webster Dictionary
Piastre(noun)
see Piaster
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